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Unfortunately this is all-too-often what happens in the animal welfare world. The judge isn't saying that the horses weren't in bad shape, but he IS saying the seizure was not carried out...

We save colostrum from every foaling mare, each year. The exceptions are that we do not save colostrum from maiden mares or mares that have had any problems (such as placentitis). We generally milk...

I pretty much culture everything these days (of my own; our clients can decide for themselves). I have had infected maiden mares, open mares, mares with new foals at side, etc and I don't think you...

I wouldn't call them "unwanted" (although they aren't as valuable as the females), as they do end up in the food chain after they are fed out and have matured to the appropriate size. It's not as if...

Well, you have a 50/50 shot anyway :) And maybe their procedure did skew the results in your favor, as well.

Just because a mare has not had a problem in the past with frozen semen does not mean she won't ever have a problem with it. Mares age, their reproductive tracts age and what once worked in the past...

Also, I'm pretty certain that the Friesian Connection wasn't using sexed semen. I'm pretty sure (but could be wrong) that they were using some sort of procedure involving centrifuging the semen and...

Dairy breeders do used sexed semen to some extent. However, NO, they generally don't want to take more "tries" at a pregnancy, just to get a heifer. The longer it takes the cow to get pregnant, the...

Very happy to confirm our 4th pregnancy of the year today! My homebred 3 year old Abdullah/Galoubet filly was confirmed 30 days in foal to Diamant de Semilly! Major kudos to my husband for getting...

Yes, I am familiar with what the term colic means. And I would stand by my supposition that it did not cause "colic", as it was more than likely rectal discomfort, not abdominal discomfort. This...

Two things would make me steer far, far clear of this product for equine repro work:

Acute effect:
Lubiseptic™ is a special scented veterinary lubricant with detergent properties for cattle, to...

I expect this is a huge factor. The semen can be stored indefinitely, so the brokers can wait until the market picks up.

That being said, I do believe that breeding, overall, is actually up a bit...

Yes, he was speaking of the Young Horse Championships only.

I'm sorry, I'm a little grumpy right now, so I'll be blunt: that's crazy. The only concern here is whether or not this is a viable pregnancy. As long as it continues to grow and develop a heartbeat,...

I know that Kathy @ Magestic Gaits just got her shipment, b/c that is who I purchased mine from. However, she said they didn't send much, and he now has a new contract. I had already signed a...

When I spoke to VDL about using Zirocco, they were quite honest in the type of mare that he needed (something not too coarse, heavy, old-style) and the fact that he could throw heavy. I think the...

I commented over on Facebook, but thanks for posting the photos! I'm breeding my Indoctro mare to him this year, so it was nice to see a comparable cross!

Kathy I sooo feel your pain, and this isn't going to make you feel better, but we have a client mare at 376 today. I am positive on the days, as we inseminated her once last year and I have quadruple...

Please, please OP, don't do this. Antibiotics are not benign, they can have severe consequences in foals, including serious diarrhea. Only your vet can determine if there is an infection, especially...

Thank you for the compliment. Yes, it is too bad you weren't closer :)

I'll try to remember to drag this thread back up and post updated pictures when I have them :) I'm about 7-10 days away from putting together video and photo of him, so if I remember I will update...

I don't have any recent photos on this computer, but here is one from his inspection, as a yearling :)

http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l31/HillsideHRanch/Yearlinginspection.jpg

I have a 3 year old (will be 4 in July) Campesino/Galoubet gelding that has the very head you describe. He was impossible to sell as a baby; people could not get past his head! I certainly didn't...

I can think of one case off the top of my head. A client mare whose foal put a foot through the vaginal wall and into the rectum, then must have pulled it back and presented normally, vaginally. The...

It is normal for a filly to come into heat as a yearling or even younger. Sometimes they still seem like such babies, but we forget that a yearling can easily get pregnant.
Perhaps the personality...